"All she knows about football is what somebody told her," Dye said. "Or what she read in a book, or what she saw on television. To understand football, you've got to play with your hand in the dirt."

"I love Condoleezza Rice and she's probably a good statesman and all of that but how in the hell does she know what it's like out there when you can't get your breath and it's 110 degrees and the coach asks you to go some more?"

Dye also said that the he feels addition of Rice to the committee could make the selection process less about Xs and Os and more about personal relationships.

"That goes back to politics. Which one she likes the best. Which one's the smoothest talker. The game is played on the field."